Whatever you think about the death penalty, a system that will take life must first give justice
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The ABA should take the position that systematic problems in capital punishment cases must be corrected and that states should suspend the death penalty until these reforms are implemented. In 1996, Congress further curtailed federal habeas corpus rights and cut funding for capital case defense programs. Race discrimination continues to be present in the imposition of the death penalty, and the rights of juveniles and people with mental disabilities are not adequately protected. The ABA is uniquely positioned to comment on due process and the adequacy of legal services.
Publication Name: Human Rights
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0046-8185
Year: 1997
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Putting a hold on the death penalty
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The ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities will ask the ABA at the 1996-1997 Midyear Meeting to call for a halt to capital punishment until safeguards are established to ensure due process and fairness. Protections need to be established to ensure that competent counsel is available, discrimination in sentencing is ended and federal habeas corpus is allowed. The current political climate, in which habeas rights have been limited and judges are ousted for overturning death penalties, will not ensure that the death penalty is enforced fairly.
Publication Name: Human Rights
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0046-8185
Year: 1997
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Critics charge death penalty unfair
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A recent ABA Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section conference on the death penalty addressed the often unfair administration of the death penalty and centered attention on Massachusetts' pending decision to reinstate the death penalty. Critics charge that the death penalty does not act as a deterrent despite politicians' and law enforcements' claims to the contrary, and is often the result of ineffective assistance of counsel and racial discrimination in the criminal justice system.
Publication Name: Human Rights
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0046-8185
Year: 1993
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